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- STRAW STAGKER... No. 284,317. Patented Sept. 4', 1883.

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JONATHAN' J. MOORE, OF THORNTOWN, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- `HALF TO JAMES A. BALL, OF SAME PLACE.

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sPEcIrIcATIoN forming 'partof Letters Patent No.` 284,317, dated eptember 4, 1883. i

. Application filed December 7, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom izmay con/cern.:`

Be it known that I, JONATHAN J. MOORE, a resident of ThorntoWn, in the county of Boone and State of Indiana, have invented certain 5 new and useful Improvements in Straw-Stack ers, of `which the following is a` specification, /having reference to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to certain improvef i 1o ments in astraw-stacker foi-which Iwas granted Letters Patent No. 262, 814, dated 15, 1882,.

The object of my invention is, first, to provide a pivot and step for the lower end of the August 15 derrick which shall be adjustable, so that the derrick will turn more or lessfeasily, as may be desired.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention, in whichf 2o 4Figure l represents avertical section, and

Fig. 2 a planof my improvement in the lower pivot.

The same letters refer to the same parts in both figures.

25 a is an inverted cup-shaped casting having curved sides, and secured to the tongue b by bolts passing through an arm, c. Lugs d are also .formed thereon for the purpose of receiving bolts to secure thereto a cross-bar, e, to

3o give a broader bearing on the ground to the base of a.

`freely thereon. y `sides of curved and those of f straight is to A set-screw, j, is screwed into the center of 4.o`

f, its Vlower end resting upon the top of a. The object of screw 9' is to adjust the contact of f upon a and thereby allow the derrick with its-straw-carrier to turn more `or less The object inmaking the 45 prevent theirbecoming wedged tightly to-` gether, and also'to obviate` the necessity of placing a on ground exactly level.

I claim as `my invention- 5o l. The pivot-casting c, having curved sides y and conical Vsocket f, having straight sides, combined with tubes h and i, forming the lower end of a derrick, as shown and described, for'the purpose set forth. 55

2. The combination, with pivot-casting a, and socket f, of set-screw j, for the purpose set forth.

- y JONATHAN J. MOORE.

Witnesses:

JAs. A. BALL,

-H. P. Hoon.` 

